Desoldering, Mill-Maxing, And Why You Might Want To Learn Both
Thanks to StoryboardTech’s fantastic article, you finally learned how to solder! Or at least, you’re committed to learning. So, what’s next? Well, if you’re brave enough, why not learn how to desolder as well? And when you feel confident with that, how about Mill-Max? You don’t necessarily have to know or learn how to solder before learning how to desolder or Mill-max, but in my opinion, getting comfortable with soldering is a great step towards learning how to do the other two, and if you know how to solder, you can practice desoldering and mill-maxing to your heart’s content since you’ll already have the tools from learning how to solder! Well, at least most of the tools. Let’s start off with the good ol’ disclaimer section first, however. Disclaimer These are my own opinions and my own thoughts, and if I’ve learned anything in life, it’s that we all do things in slightly different ways. Whether it be deadlifting, desoldering, Mill-Maxing or even baking...
Jan 13, 2025
Many of you know that BSP is one of the legacy keycap makers out there since the beginning of time. BSP is one of the OG manufacturers of PBT keysets and is well known to be one of the best PBT dye-subbed with nearly unequaled quality.
Many of you are now familiar with Hammer, the brain behind the infamous spinner artisan, designer collabo artisans (MiTo, A. Schmidt) and many more.
Inspired by the classic beige/cream color way, Team Hammer have worked on this since we were in talks for a loooooong time. That being said, the drop will be launching soon , and I want to get a pulse check to see what you guys are excited about the most. We will be offering the following below, also check out the GH thread below for some more design details.
ANSI sets: APL Ansi, Arabic Ansi, Tulip GK Ansi, Tulip OG Ansi
Add on kits/sets: Icon Mods, Retro Winkey Set, RGB Add On Set
Edit: Dr Clicks Artisan: in Beige or Cream
Original thread by Hammer: https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=94158.0
Cheers and looking forward!
Xi